The Derivation Delusion

The classic half-full glass experiment gets a scientific upgrade. While normal people debate optimism vs pessimism, physicists are busy labeling states of matter, relativists simultaneously hold contradictory viewpoints, and scepticists question the fundamental nature of the liquid. Meanwhile, the artist is just happy they figured out how to break physics with a pencil in water. Graduate students would add a 10th panel: "Unidentified liquid that might kill me but I need to finish this experiment."

The ultimate quantum holiday dilemma! Schrödinger's thought experiment gets a festive twist here - the infamous physicist who proposed that a cat in a sealed box with a radioactive trigger could exist in a superposition of states (both alive and dead simultaneously) until observed. The mother's concerned "It's not another dead kitten is it?" suggests this isn't Schrödinger's first questionable gift choice. Until that box is opened, quantum mechanics dictates the present exists in all possible states - containing both a living and non-living kitten simultaneously. Talk about uncertainty principles ruining Christmas morning! The real question: does Santa follow Copenhagen or Many-Worlds interpretation?

Oh sweet entropy! The Matrix movies spent four films explaining how humans are batteries in a simulation, while basic thermodynamics is over here screaming "THAT'S NOT HOW ENERGY WORKS, YOU FOOLS!" 🤯 The human body would consume more energy than it could ever produce—it's like trying to charge your phone by having it run a marathon. The train of scientific accuracy just demolished that school bus of movie logic!

The statistical distribution of physics misconceptions is beautifully illustrated here. At both ends of the IQ bell curve, people confidently assert that "starships have to accelerate to keep their speed" - a direct violation of Newton's first law. Meanwhile, the enlightened middle correctly points out "there is no friction in space," meaning objects maintain constant velocity without additional force. This is what happens when you skip the week they covered inertia in physics class. Veritasium viewers are now collectively facepalming across the universe.

The Higgs boson (aka "God Particle") finally met its match! While physicists spent billions at CERN to find the particle that gives matter mass, apparently someone's gone and discovered its evil twin—a "massless demon particle." Just imagine the lab meeting: "Congrats team, we've successfully summoned an incorporeal entity from the quantum realm that defies the Standard Model!" Next up in particle physics: exorcisms between collider runs. Wonder if they need holy water or just really cold liquid helium to contain it...

The electrical engineering resistance pun is absolutely brilliant! The meme shows a giant resistor symbol (that zigzag pattern) on a mountain with "JOIN THE RESISTANCE" as a rallying cry, while people in red robes collectively go "OHMMMMMM..." - simultaneously referencing electrical resistance measured in ohms AND meditation chants. It's the perfect nerdy double entendre that works on multiple levels. Resistance isn't futile, it's fundamental to circuit design!